Silvio Pettirossi airport strike, Paraguayan airport strike, air traffic controllers
1 November 2011 President gives into unions. Strike threat over for now.
28 October 2011:-Update strike postponed by Paraguayan government till Monday Midnight. Airport will have a contingency plan in place. The authorities of the National Directorate of Civil Aviation (Dinac) have also warned that armed forces personnel and Air protection of the perimeter area of Silvio Pettirossi airport.
Midnight Friday, 28 October 2011 air traffic controllers may join in.
Silvio Pettirossi Asunción/Luque
Two other airports involved:-
Guarani International Ciudad del Este/Minga Guazú
Dr. Luis Maria Argaña International Airport Mariscal Estigarribia
Airlines to be effected:-
TAM Airlines Paraguay , GOL Airlines, Aerolíneas Argentinas, TACA Perú, Sol del Paraguay, PLUNA, Aerosur and Copa Airlines.
Going to and from:-
Argentina, Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Santa Cruz de la Sierra-Viru Viru
Panama City, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Curitiba-Afonso Pena, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Montevideo, Lima Peru, Buenos Aires-Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Ciudad del Este, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Santiago de Chile, São Paulo-Guarulhos
Hub for TAM Airlines.
Dirección Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil (DINAC)
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